Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the United States Shaped the Global Periphery

By exploring how Western imperialism shaped the developing world, Atul Kohli analyzes British and American influence on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America from the 17th on. He argues that both Britain and the U.S. expanded to enhance their national economic prosperity, and shows how that expansionism hurt economic development in poor parts of the world.